Table 2

Clones preferentially expressed in oocyte and conserved across species.

Speciesa
Gene name (symbol)bc
GenBank Accession nob
% identityb
e valueb

Bos taurus
Bt 675_bovine oocyte cDNA subtracted library
CX123770
100
0.0
Xenopus laevis
Xl AGENCOURT_10748348 Wellcome CRC pSK egg clone
CA974130
92
e-153
Bos taurus
Hs B-cell translocation gene 4 (BTG4)
NM_017589
89
0.0
Mus musculus
Mm Bone morphogenetic protein 15 (Bmp15)
BC055363
97
0.0
Mus musculus
Mm Expressed sequence C87414
BC052888
100
0.0
Bos taurus
Bt Growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9)
AF307092
99
0.0
Bos taurus
Bt Hypothetical protein LOC616433
XM_881654
99
0.0
Mus musculus
Mm NACHT, leucine rich repeat and PYD containing 14 (Nalp14)
NM_001002894
98
0.0
Xenopus laevis
Xl NICHD_XGC_OO1 clone IMAGp998K1111210
BX843422
99
0.0
Mus musculus
Mm Nucleophosmin/nucleoplasmin 2 (Npm2)
NM_181345
98
0.0
Mus musculus
Mm Oogenesin 1 (Oog1)
AB050008
99
0.0
Bos taurus
Hs Polyadenylate binding protein-interacting protein 1 (PAIP1)
NM_183323
93
0.0
Xenopus laevis
Xl Protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1)d
AB085173
99
0.0
Xenopus laevis
Xl Protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type Q (PTPRQ)
XM_370699
95
0.0
Mus musculus
Mm Similar to Nur77 downstream protein 1 (Ndg1)
XM_355193
99
0.0
Bos taurus
Bt Similar to zinc finger protein 678 (ZF678)
XM_601114
88
6e-68
Bos taurus
Bt Small fragment nuclease (SMFN)d
XM_591769
99
0.0
Mus musculus
Mm Spindlin (Spin)d
BC016517
100
0.0
Mus musculus
Mm Zona pellucida glycoprotein 2 (Zp2)
NM_011775
99
0.0

a Species of the clone expressed in oocyte and conserved across species.

b Based on the BLAST results of the clone sequences compared against the GenBank database.

c Bt; Bos taurus, Hs; Homo sapiens, Mm; Mus musculus, Xl; Xenopus laevis.

d Candidates validated by RT-PCR and gene-specific microarray.

Vallée et al. BMC Genomics 2006 7:113   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-7-113